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When Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Passover, came, all the believers were together in one place.
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Suddenly, a sound like a violently blowing wind came from the sky and filled the whole house where they were staying.
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Tongues that looked like fire appeared to them. The tongues arranged themselves so that one came to rest on each believer.
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All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
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Devout Jewish men from every nation were living in Jerusalem.
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They gathered when they heard the wind. Each person was startled to recognize his own dialect when the disciples spoke.
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Stunned and amazed, the people in the crowd said, "All of these men who are speaking are Galileans.
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Why do we hear them speaking in our native dialects?
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We're Parthians, Medes, and Elamites. We're people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,